The Walk is a story from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It tells the story of two men walking in the same direction and eventually becoming more afraid of each other as they keep walking. Based of a Scottish folktale called "Ma Uncle Sandy."
Plot
My uncle was walking down a lonely dirt road one day. He came upon a man who also was walking down that road. The man looked at my uncle, and my uncle looked at the man. The man was scared of my uncle, and my uncle was scared of that man.
But they kept on walking, and it began to get dark. The man looked at my uncle, and my uncle looked at the man. The man was very scared of my uncle, and my uncle was very scared of that man.
But they kept on walking, and they came to a big woods. It was getting darker. And the man looked at my uncle, and my uncle looked at the man. The man was really scared of my uncle, and my uncle was really scared of that man.
But they kept on walking, and deep down into the woods they went. It was getting darker. And the man looked at my uncle, and my uncle looked at the man. The man was terrible scared of my uncle, and my uncle was terrible scared of—
(Now SCREAM!)
Trivia
- The Uncle's fate is left heavily ambiguous as to whether he survived or not, but due to the fact the narrator, the nephew/niece of the uncle, was able to tell the story largely implies that he survived.